{"meta":{"version":"2.1","_links":{"self":{"href":"https://api.vam.ac.uk/v2/object/O153966"},"collection_page":{"href":"https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O153966/"}},"images":{"_primary_thumbnail":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2016JE9451/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg","_iiif_image":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2016JE9451/","_alt_iiif_image":[],"imageResolution":"high","_images_meta":[{"assetRef":"2016JE9451","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London","sensitiveImage":false},{"assetRef":"2016JE9452","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London","sensitiveImage":false}]},"see_also":{"_iiif_pres":"https://iiif.vam.ac.uk/collections/O153966/manifest.json","_alt_iiif_pres":[]}},"record":{"systemNumber":"O153966","accessionNumber":"2383-1855","objectType":"Medal","titles":[{"title":"Henri IV of France and Marie de Medici","type":"generic title"}],"summaryDescription":"The medal depicts the busts of Henri IV of France and Marie de Medici on the obverse and, on the reverse, Henri and Marie as Mars and Minerva, with the Dauphin as an infant.  \r\n\r\nThe Roman goddess Minerva (equivalent to the Greek Pallas Athena) was the goddess of wisdom and the arts. One of her frequent attributes is the owl. Mars was the god of war, one of the twelve Olympians. He was widely considered brutal and aggressive and disliked by other gods including his parents, Jupiter and Juno. The one exception was the goddess Venus, who fell in love with him.\r\n\r\nIn this context Minerva symbolises Wisdom, the arts and peace, defeating the destructive power of war, symbolised by Mars.\r\n\r\nThis medal is signed by Guillaume Dupré and dated 1603. \r\nDupré (about 1574 - 1640) was a French sculptor, medallist and architect.","physicalDescription":"Medal depicts: Henry IV of France and Marie de Medicis. Obv.: busts to the right; rev.: Henri and Marie as Mars and Minerva, with the Dauphin as an infant. Set in a rim an inch wide, with long French inscriptions. Signed: G. Dupré f.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Dupré, Guillaume","id":"A11992"},"association":{"text":"medallist","id":"AAT25337"},"note":"signed"}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"silver","id":"AAT11029"}],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Silver","categories":[{"text":"Coins & Medals","id":"THES48974"},{"text":"Portraits","id":"THES48906"},{"text":"Sculpture","id":"THES48896"},{"text":"Royalty","id":"THES48899"},{"text":"Myths & Legends","id":"THES49005"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"SCP","id":"THES48600"},"images":["2016JE9451","2016JE9452"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"6","id":"THES49750"},"free":"","case":"CA13","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Medal","id":"AAT46025"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"France","id":"x28849"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1603","earliest":"1603-01-01","latest":"1603-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Diameter","value":"6.35","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"G. Dupré f.","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"signed on the reverse"},{"content":"HENR.IIII.R.CHRIST.MARIA.AVGVSTA.","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"Henri IV, most Christian King, Marie, Empress","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"obverse"},{"content":".PROPAGO.IMPERI","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"The Imperial line","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"on reverse"}],"objectHistory":"bought from the Bernal Collection","historicalContext":"Two other version entered into Sotheby's. London, Coins and Medals sale, July 5, 1994, lot. no. 63  (£ 935,-) and 64 (unsold)","briefDescription":"Medal, silver, of Henri IV of France and Marie de Medici. French, 1603.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Inventory of Art Objects Acquired in the Year 1855. <u>In</u>: <u>Inventory of the Objects in the Art Division of the Museum at South Kensington, Arranged According to the Dates of their Acquisition. Vol I</u>. London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1868, p. 75"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Jones, Mark. <u>Catalogue of the French Medals in the British Museum</u>, Vol II, 1600-1672. London: 1988, pp. 58-61, Nos 15&16"}],"production":"The inscribed rim is an unusual feature and clearly secondary to the making of the medal itself, as confirmed by the stippling on the fields of both sides of the medal. It is thought that the rim was added sometime in the 17th century.   ","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[{"text":"Henry IV (King of France)","id":"N4559"},{"text":"Marie de Medici (Queen of France)","id":"N1676"},{"text":"Mars","id":"N57"},{"text":"Minerva","id":"N23"}],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"Dauphin","id":"x42726"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["2383-1855"],"accessionNumberNum":"2383","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1855,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2017JU8798"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-09","recordCreationDate":"2008-05-01","availableToBook":false}}